The lucky 3rd, 4th, and 5th graders at England Elementary will host Author/Illustrator of Texas Bluebonnet Award nominee Giants Beware, Rafael Rosado, on Tuesday, January 21st!
If you would like to preorder your autographed copy of Giants Beware, please click on the image below and return the order form with payment by Friday, January 17th. Local bookstore The Book Spot is selling copies of Giants Beware to our students in advance of Rafael Rosado’s visit.
One of my favorite days of the year is when Author Phil Bildner visits our library for a Writing Camp with 4th grade! He leads them in a fun, engaging learning session all about writing and the kids always walk away with new ideas and inspiration. This was his second visit to England Elementary and he had nothing but amazing things to say about our school and our awesome 4th grade students!
Mr. Bildner gave us lots of great advice, but I wanted to share with you some of his most important messages:
Several students were selected to have a special lunch discussion with Phil Bildner! These students had written really great letters persuading me to choose them for the lunch group and we all had a great time visiting and asking each other questions.
His newest book, The Soccer Fence, will be released in March 2014. Be on the lookout for an opportunity to preorder a signed copy in the Spring!
Mr. Bildner challenged ALL of our 4th grade students to become EXTREME READERS, and to try a new genre, book, or author! He even recommended many of the titles that we have here in the library! Check out the images below for some of the books he is recommending to our fourth graders:
Thank you to our FABULOUS PTA for allowing his visit to be possible! We are so lucky to have a PTA who supports bringing authors and writing camp to our students.
Today, author Julie Sternberg visited the Kindergarten, 1st, 2nd, and 3rd graders at England Elementary! She is the author of the Texas-Bluebonnet-Award-nominated-book Like Pickle Juice on a Cookie.
She spoke to our students about the writing process, how she gets the ideas for her stories, and she also gave us a sneak peek into her next book (due in April 2013) titled Like Bug Juice on a Burger! Did you know that “bug juice” is what they call fruit punch at summer camp?
Thank you to our AWESOME PTA for sponsoring her visit to England Elementary! I know our leopards had a great time reading the book and meeting Mrs. Sternberg today!
We hope you’ll join us for our first Fall Reading Family Night at England Elementary next Tuesday! We’ll have fun stations for students and parents to visit, and all students attending have a chance to win free books!
Thank you to our fabulous PTA for making this awesome event possible! See you on Tuesday 🙂
We are SO excited to be welcoming Author Julie Sternberg to England Elementary on October 18th to speak to our Kindergarten, 1st, 2nd, and 3rd grade students! Ms. Sternberg’s first novel, Like Pickle Juice on a Cookie, has been nominated as a selection on this year’s Texas Bluebonnet Award Master List!
Local bookstore The Book Spot is helping us take preorder book sales for Like Pickle Juice on a Cookie for students who wish to have Ms. Sternberg personalize a copy during her visit. Please click on the image below to download — keep in mind that the order forms are due by October 11th!
Thank you to our AWESOME PTA for sponsoring Ms. Sternberg’s visit! She is traveling all the way from Brooklyn, New York to visit our school and without PTA, her visit would not be possible!
Are you interested in volunteering in the England Library this year? Our library is a great place to spend your time and give back to the entire school community! I am hosting a Volunteer Orientation this Friday, September 14th at 1:00pm in the library. We’ll be discussing and demonstrating the types of volunteer jobs we have available in the library.
Please e-mail me at emily_kupersztoch {at} roundrockisd {dot} org if you plan to join us for the Orientation on Friday! I’m looking forward to a great year!